ea0049ep373 | Cardiovascular Endocrinology and Lipid Metabolism | ECE2017
Simonds Stephanie
, Cowley Michael
Cardiovascular diseases are the greatest cause of death globally. Obesity significantly increases the risk for the development of cardiovascular diseases. However research does not under stand the physiological and molecular connections of these diseases. We have identified that the hormone leptin in obesity plays a key role in elevating blood pressure in obesity. However recent findings in humans treated with leptin in the disease state of lipodystrophy, did not result in the...